WTO meeting sought: The European Union's trade...

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

WTO meeting sought: The European Union's trade commissioner said in Ottawa Thursday that progress on liberalizing the global trade system should not have to wait till the U.S. presidential election late next year. Pascal Lamy, in Ottawa for a half-day EU-Canada meeting, said there was no proof a new U.S. president would have any more room for maneuver than President Clinton did ahead of failed World Trade Organization talks in Seattle early this month. The talks were intended to launch a new round of trade liberalization but collapsed amid transatlantic differences over farm subsidies and other issues.